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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12
Gen. Butler and Mrs. Mnmiord.

II is very well remembered that Num-
ford was hanged in New Orleans in 1869
by Gen. Buffers orders for hauling down
the flag on the United States mint. but
there is a sequel to that historical fact
that has level been published. A few
years after the war Gen. Butler was a
member Of congress and learned that
Mrs. Mumford WAS in a small Virginia
town with her children in nm almost des-
titute condition. A week after that Mrs.
Mumford vas appointed to u c,erkship in
the interior department. She had no idea
where the influence came from that put
her in the position, and could not learn.
IL enabled her To live comfortably and
educate her children.
With the first change Of administration
she lost her place and was in great dis.
tress. Again the unknown influence
came 10 her and she was given another
place and her salary increased. 4 year
or two aftcrwarl by accident she found
out who had ben her unknown friend.
When she found that he was the man she
had always considered the wanton muir
derer Of her husband she had a terrible
struggle with herself, but at Last sought
Gen. Batter 10 thank him. II is said the
scene btiween them was a most moving
and pafhr tic one.-Cincinnati CONNER
cial GAIA.
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How Animals Talk.

About 1870 Gallant had two cats
which he always kept about him and
away from all other animals. He states
that he understood them perfectly. and
that they had complete language of
their own, in which they always ex.
pressed the same wish and the same feel
ing by exactly the same sound. Lucian
observed the common house fly, and also
maintains that this insect, so greatly de-
spised and prosecuted. possesses a COM
pletc languase-that is to say, uses Ger
tain sounds in its buzzing to denote GER
tain things, and in this way makes itself
understood among kind. LamGrtinc in
his description of travels in the cast, tell,
of Arabian horses that r;sed certain detin.
tic sounds to express certain things, just
rs Napoleon relates E his stceL. -Popu'
lar Science Monthly.
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BEGINNING HIS LITERARY CAREER.
Boyhood Of q Novelist and Essayist-An
Ardor That Was Never Cooled.

Boyhood OF q Novelist and Essayist-An
Ardor That Wa Neve Cooled.
George Parsons Lathrop, the novelist
and essayist, began his literary career in
q manner quite peculiar. He was a mere
stripping, and was staying with his
mother and brother at Dresden, he to
study the language and literature u
Goethe and his brother to study art
The two boys were devotedly attached to
their widowed mother, and in fact their
affection and admiration for her was
such that they would not undertake any
thing without her approval. George had
been detected by her at odd times in the
throes of composition, and knowing well
how inadequately the muses. as a rule re-
ward their devotees, so far as hard coin
is concerned at least, Mrs. Lathrop felt
troubled about the apparent literary pro-
c~livities of her son. She noticed the
thirst for fame growing apace in George.
and decided TO see for herself at least
whether it was worth while for him to
consume the midnight oil to this alarm
ing extent. She went to his room dur
ing a temporary absence and softly alb
stracted a few of the rolls of manuscript
she found littering the desk and drawers.
She read them and felt puzzled. The
matter in her Judgment was excellent.
Still, she would not trust a mothers
blindness and ~partiality.
So she consulted Col. John r. Leslie,
an American gentleman at that time re.
siding in Dresden, telling him to give
her his candid and unbiased opinion as to
the merit of what her son George had
been ''scribbling." Col. Leslie read it.
He returned it to Mrs. Lathrop a few
days later, saying: .'Let him scribble!
He'll do!' And Mrs. Lathrop no longer
attempted to quench the literary spark in
her sons soul, just then bursting forth.
She left him to pursue the thorny path
Of literature.
With characteristic zeal and p~ersever.
ance young Lathrop set to work IS soon
as freed from the restraints of maternal
interference. The paper fairly shriekej
under his merciless and unsparing at
tacks. Manuscript copy flew out by the
ream from under his hand. and at one
fell blow he deluged the sanctum OF
every magazine and a number of the
leading literary journals then published
in these United States. 1t would he too
much to say that his success as a writer
was immediate or the reception accorded
him by the editorial management over
whelming. If anything this reception
was perhaps a trifle too frigid. But
nothing cooled the ardor of the young
literateur. He had the satisfaction OF
seeing one or two out Of his score OF
firstlings in print within a month, and
from that hour on Mr.. Lathrop's profes.
sion was chosen for good.-New York
Graphic.
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Loudon's Rssc,ckers' Brigade.

In London a charitably inclined person
organized what is known as the Ragpick-
srs' brigade, consisting Of hundreds Of
neatly uniformed boys, who go irom door
to door with their hand carts purchasing
old rags and articles Of various kinds.
In a central warehouse these collections
are sorted over; old rags, bottles, bones
and paper are piled up in great heaps,
and in due time disposed Of to the dealers
in these articles. Strange things have
come in with some of these purchases, .
plume for q hearse, a drum, a majors
head gear, a bag containing over 1,000,-
900 Cancelled postage stamps, valuabla
editions of rare books and autograph let
tiers Of famous people. The London brig.
ade has an excellent reputation for
honesty, and very often returns valuable
articles which have strayed into the
waste bags. -Drooklyn Eagle.
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Gen. Phil sheridan's Courtship.

Not long since, at a dinner given in
New York, Gen. Sheridan related an in
cident that befell him while calling on
the young lady who is the present Mrs.
Sheridan. During the war Gen. Sheri-
dan was too much occupied defending
his country to fall in love. When the
malady finally overlook him in Chicago
after the war Sheridan had passed what
Is generally called the romantic stage
and was settling down into a well
seasoned old bachelorhood. Old bachelors
make the most enthusiastic of lovers,
and the general admitted that he wa no
exception to the rule.
lit was a warm summer evening"
Sheridan began, land upon my arrival
at the house the young lady and myself
retired to the back parlor. The front
parlor opened into the hall, and as the
night was warm, you know, we did not
think it necessary to light the gas in the
hack room. Now, this young lady's
father had a great fear of burglars. He
had burglar alarms all over the house,
and had recently put a new alarm
on the front door. Neither the young
lady nor myself knew anything about
the alarm on the front door. After a
time the old gentleman came down stairs,
set his alarm on the door, and, seeing the
dim light in the front parlor, supposed
that l had gone, and turned out the light
In the hall. We were busily engaged talk
ing, you know, and sJmehow did not hear
him. Finally when | got up to leave the
young lady accompanied me to the door.
We were surprised % find the light turned
out and in fumbling aroud for the door
knob set off the burglar alarm. 1t seemed
to me that I never knew a burglar alarm
to work so well before. II sounded like
the explosion Of a keg of dynamite. A
moment later the father Of the young lady
appeared at the head of the stairs in his
night dress, holding a light in one hand
and a large pistol in the other. AT this
apparition the young lady deserted me
and fed into the darkness. Nv position
was positively dangerous. suppose / had
been in dangerous places before without
thinking of il, but l confess for the mo-
merit / trembled all over with fear and
scarcely mustered up voice enough to say
Don't shoot; it's me- Fortunately he
recognized my voice and let me out"
Snow, you know, gentlemen" recon
tnued, III this young lady hal stood by
me there would have been no danger, but
she didn't, you know, and my position
was rather awkward before | was recog.
nized. One might die on the field Of battle
without regret, but ] should hate to be shot
as a midnight marauder. | only tell the
story because it actually took place as ]
have said. and to show that there are
times when we may all lose our courage
Chicago Herald,
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Chautauqua is IN Indian word. and
said 10 mean a bag tied In the middle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12

From Q Lumbago Sufferer, March. 1882.
I03 Prince St., New York, N. Y.
Ihad a very severe attack Of lumbago;
could hardly walk. I tried a bottle Of 81.
Jacobs Oil IL relieved; tried another, u
cured me. ] would not be without II IL
cost s. a bottle. C. C. sHAYNE.
From same 4 years Later-Cured.
lG3 Prince St, New York, n. Y, Nov. !, 1886.
Ioheerfully confirm my statement; was
completely curd. ~. Jacobs Oil IL the
standard recommend 1t for family use.
ALumbago sufferer-August, 1881.
2lJ Mlddlesex st., Lowell, Mass.
About W. months ago had u stitch In
my back, suffered extreme pain aud was
unable 70 leave my house. j tried It. Ja-
cobs oil. Less thAna bottle cured me-.
DAVID LAWRENCE
From Same o Years Lster-Cured.
Lowell, Mass, Oct. ~, 1886.
Several yenrs ago | bad a severe atthck
oirhguinatlsm. ltricd e. Jacobs OIL and
a Nv days vas CuId, Have mot been
troubled since. DAVID LAWRENCE.
From "A Sufferer mt Gi-septcmber, 1879.
Stusburgl, Tuscamwas Co., Ohio,
IhnLe bctnnU..ctCd with rhcumntlm for
several ycurs and got no telioi until used
81 Jacob. OH, Iy the use OF two bottles 1
joins DIEFFENBACHER.
Tromsame 7 Years Later-Cured.
stmsLuFyh. TiscamWns Co.. o., oct, =, 1874.
lClutinucd using your {. Jacobs aud Il
cured me Of suyrre hurkFciC.
JOHN DlEfFENBACIlER.
THE CHARLES A. YOGELER co. Baltimore, Nd.
re- An p0rs0m trtSG ~, JlcoLs oil or Rsd
Sur fapfh lure, uNLg ugdi6g q tg9cdi stump
and y h,.yrg u hsir rIsT, r,oore ADVICE FnLE.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12
Soclety'A Worst Sins.

Society's worst sins are the raising OF a
false crop Of vanity, dissipation. excess,
and then when 1t is reused by a cry from
the heart or a shipwreck 1t blames not
itself, but another idleness, jealousy,
hatred, revenge, all form together like
toadstools la n garden; cultivation, in.
tegrity. honor and loyalty form in the
same garden. We call it all society,"
Mrs. John Sherwood in New York World.
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|. THE CHARLES A. YUGLL.ER co, Baltimore, ma.
re- an psrs0pS rstSG ~, Jdcobs oil or Rsd
Sur roplh cure, rNbg nJ,dt6g Il ty0-odi stump
and y hs1Jrg III Mrir enc. r'c6.rc ADVICE FnLE.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12
In Queen yictoria's kitchen.

In the queens kitchen there is a book.
keeper TO give orders 10 grocers, provision
and other, dealers and four clerks to aid
him in nis work. q chief cook, -four master
cooks, two yeomen OF the kitchen, two
assistant cooks, two roasting cooks. -four
scourers, three kitchen maids. n store
keeper, two 'green office" men, two
steam apparatus men. first and second
yeomen Of confectionery, an apprentice,
three female assistants, an errand man,
q pastry cook, two female assistants. a
baker and assistant and three coffee
room womcn.-George Henry Bassett in
Herald OF Health.
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WHO kNOWSf


Who OF us know
How our next neighbor fares'
How OF the woes and many cares
That rise like mountains In their way,
And who Of us can say
We know Of that large world we never sea
The world Of poverty
Who Of US know
How much OF pain a smiling face conceals,
How little OF the sunlight ever steals
Into the lives OF those who seem the happiests
The one who makes us merry Will his jest
Nay he not carry In his heart 50 free
A wound he does not wish the world to seer
Who Of us love,
And loving. cherish but the empty name,
And feed our hearts on naught; the flame
That burns 50 brilliant and so bright,
That lights our path as do the stars at night,
Goes out as quick as heavens lightning flashes
And leaves us-ashesl
George wilmot Harris.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12
Japan. Big Horse Pasture.

There is now little left of the glory o
the great pasture, with its 100, 900 head %
horses. its excitement Of the roundups. il
annual races and its improyised towns
with their theatres, jugglers and gayly
dressed dancers. The giant embankmentI
and corrals are there, and they are al
tina remain Of the imperial horse pasture
OF Shlmosa.-H. latham in San Francisco
Chronicle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12

ktrlslufEhs Ius'lfhNh NJ 'nr 'ct. =, l-NL
I,lutinucd using your -. Jacobs and Il
cured me Of suyrrc hurkfclc.
JOHN DlEfFENBACHER.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-12
A Costly Painting.

IL Is said tho most costly water color
IN the world is a work 10 i-2 by IA 1-2
By M~eissonier, illustrating a horse SOL
der on outpost duty. It is valued at
ts,70o.
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After the fight at Richmond Kirby Smith
marched Eismen 10 Lexington, the chief town
in the Blue Grass region. Thence he sent oui
Gen, lleth with G,OOJ men 10 camp within a
few miles Of Coyington, opposite Cincinnati
Another detachment was ordered in the di'
rcction Of Louisville. Smith himself re-
mninch at Lexington, waiting the word to
join Bragg, and recruiting his army among
the Blue Grass sympathizers with the Con-
federate cause.
Meantime CONSERVATION reigned at Cincin.
natl, and in tho populous and well to do
smaller towns along the Ohio below. At
Cincinnati martial law was proclaimed, and
tho indefa.igable Gen. Lew Wallace began
fortifying with all speed in the region about
Covington, Ky. The remains Of thess do.
lenses arc still seen. Wallace ordered all
business houses closed, and the ferry boats
that piled between Cincinnati on the Ohio side,
and Covington and Newport on the Kentucky
side, ware stopped. All this half an hour
SITTER Wallace reached Cincinnati, Sept. I.
The scene that followed is beyond deacrip-
ton. Mothers Of young infants had left
them on ono side Of the river. and visited tho
other for business or for pleasure This iron
military order cut them Oh from return, and
for one night at least both mothers and
babies were alike frantic. Mechanics and
other workingmen, by the thousand, had left
their families that morning, expecting TO ro-
turn as usual. only 10 find themselves stopped
rs by an aiamantine wall at O o'clock. As
all sorts Of r,imors OF capture and impressing
men into the soldiers ranks were prevalent,
mono knew for the time what had become OF
those nearest them. Imagination supplied
tho lick OF knowledge and drew pictures Of
the fate OF loved ones that did not err on the
sido Of the commonplace and tho safe. Gin
cinnatians talk to this day OF Low Wallace's
military rule in Cincinnati.
He saved il from invasion In few hours
time ho had an army Of 10000 men ready.
BY his proclamation he sent prominent
wealthy citizens to the other side Of the river
to work on the Notifications. 1t was curl.
Gus spectacle, white handed men with rings
and gold watches digging in the dirt like rail
road laborers, and throwing up earthworks,
"Ctizens for labor, soldiers for battle
were Lew Wallace's words
Recruits besides poured in from Ohio, In
dinna md elsewhere, till there were defend
err enough there to make the invasion of
Cincinnati a serious business for anybody
who should attempt it.
a pontOon bridge was laid across the river,
md over it thousands Of new soldiers marched
day and night to man the new Notifications
at Covington. After some days lieth dropped
back and rejoined Kirby Smith.
IL is time now to see what Gen. Buell. was
about.
Don Carlos Buell. was an Ohio man. born at
Marietta in 1918. Went through West Point and
served in the Mexican war. Was made major
general of volunteers in 1869. Took effective
part in the battle Of Shiloh, and after that was
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pare to attack the Federal army in flank and
rear, while Kirby Smith should attack in
front
Polk decided not to obey the order, but to
retire to Bryantville. Bragg then counter
manded the order to attack that he had given
to Smith.
During the last of September and first days
Of October, Bruggs army had been success
fully and rapidly accommodating the spoils OF
war. Cattle, horses, swine and mules were
seized without stint by Confederate detach.
ments in various parts OF the interior. Az
Frankfort cloth factory was looted, and
100000 yards Of the famous Kentucky
butternut jeans were taken. In some i'll
stances Confederate scrip was offered in pay
ment for property seized.
Bragg had issued a proclamation to the
Kentuckians on entering the interior OF the
state. in which he had said he must have the
from the northern invader. To the ladies he
said with poetic enthusiasm:
Buckle Oh the armor Of your kindred, your
husbands, sons and brothers, and scott with
shame him who would prove recreant to you,
his country and his God"
The supplies Of war; had been accumn-
lating at Lexington. Bragg ordered suiti-
and Oct. ordered Polk himself to march to
Perryville, Ky, with Cheatham's division.
He was further to attack the Union army,
rout it. and then join Kirby Smith at Frank
ford.
Bishop Leonidas Polk, of Louisiana, on the
outbreak Of the civil war, threw away his
priestly cassock and donned the Confederate
fighting gray. He had, however, been a
soldier before becoming bishop. having
been graduated at West Point in 1927. He
was born at Raleigh, N. c., i'll 1906. He was
one of the most able and Jealous of the minor
Confederate generals, Wherever fighting
was, there Bishop Polk was. He always de-
clared, however, that when the war was over
he would go back and be q bishop again. A
British officer who knew him in the army
wrote Of the Confederate soldier bishop: HE
is very rich, and. l am told, Owls 200 ne
groes"
Gen. Polk commanded division at Shiloh,
and q corps at Chickamauga His sense OF
his own dignity and importance sometimes
led him to disohey his superior officers, as be
did Bragg in Kentucky. For such disobe-
dience at Chickamauga he was put under ar
rest, but was afterwards restored to COM
mand He was with Johnston's army before
Atlanta, in June, 1854, where q cannon shot
from the Federal lines ended his career both
military and theological. Bishop Polk was a
man OF imposing presence.
Oct. 8. 1862, Braggs and Buell's armies
knocked heads together at last and fought the
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MORGAN'S RAID, 1869.

July 4, Col John II. Morgan, with $40
partisan rangers" started from Knoxville.
Tenn, on n raid into Kentucky. His object
was 70 get men and horses for the Confederate
army. His approach struck terror to the
hearts Of tho country people within 100 miles
Of him When rumor said he was near the
honest farmer led his valuable horses and
cattle into tho thick woods, into deep ravines,
and tied them there till this terror should 10
passed It is narrated that sometimes, just
when this had been done, Morgan and his
men would suddenly appear as il they had
come out Of the ground, md say to the
sfYrighted owner: "IIere they are. You've
put them just where we wanted them, all
ready for U.s."
Morgan crossed the Cumberland mountains
and gnlloped northward into the heart Of
Kentucky. At Lebanon, on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, July II, he destroyed
s5O,OO worth OF United States government
property. There was dash and romance
about him and his band that caused hun
dreds Of young Kentuckians to join them.
Still northward pressed Morgan. July a.,
10 and lG ho destroyed railroads. teleSruphs
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BATTLE OF RICHMOND.

Gen. NJ ID. Manson WINS near Richmond,
KY, with small force, which had been coli
siderably increased through the patriotic cx
ertions Of Gen. Lew Wallace, OF Indiana.
The appearance OF Kirby Smith before
Richmond carried CONSERVATION into the
heart OF Kentucky. Frankfort, the capital,
was only flfty miles distant. With tho legis:
laturo in session, that body hastily adjourned
TO Louisville The state records were also re-
moved thither, with a million dollars Of
money from the banks in this region
Gen. Manson's troops had been attacked by
Kirby Smiths advance at Big Hill Aug,
%, and retreated to Richmond, Here
Manson was REINFORCED by a number Of
newly organized regiments from Ohio, Ken
lucky and Indiana. This was just after
President Lincoln's call for 100000 moro"
aud the north was filed with the camps
Of the fresh volunteers. The new regiments
under Manson hardly new how to form a
line Of battle, and were ignorant OF the first
principles OF field evolutions. Tho officers
were, for the main part, rs green as the men.
These raw, Impractical troops were to meet
on the field at Richmond the Confederate
veterans OF Shiloh, and other fields under
such leaders as Kirby Smith and Gen. Pat
Cleburne.
Aug 30, Kirby Smith came on and offered
battle Manson advanced to meet him and
drove him back to Rogersville two miles
from Richmond. Here Manson encamped for
the night. What is called tho battle OF Rich
mond took place next day, Aug. 80.
Tho fighting began anew on the morning
Of this day Manson and Brig. Gen. Cruft,
who had distinguished himself at Done!son,
advanced to meet the Confederate attack.
After heavy fighting one mile south Of
Rogersville, tho Union troops were routed
with heavy loss. In the action the lieuten-
ant colonel and major Of the Seventy first
Indiana were killed, leaving that regiment
without field officer.
Iient Col Melville y. Topping, OF the Seventy.
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had take, possession OF Mur.rccsboro with
valuable stores, July Is, after n sharp fight.
Ga the approach OF Nelson Forrest left the
town. Nelson pursued but could not over
take him, not having cavalry. Forrest swep'
nround Nashville like "A tornado, and then
went TO MtllimViilc, Tenn, whence he made
raids
Buell. had been busy putting railroads IN
order, the Nashville and Chattanooga and
the Memphis and Charleston, whereby TO
transport his troops. The latter part Of July
tho last OF his army crossed the Tennessee
river and moved eastward. This was Gen.
Thomas division. IL was on this march
that the lamented Col Robt. l. McCook was
killed in northern Alabama. He WINS III
and unarmed, travelling in an ambulance,
when no was shot dead by guerrillas. He Is
buried ut the beautiful Spring Grove ceme-
terry, Cincinnati.
Nelson was ordered 10 McMinnville, still
after that industrious raider, Forrest. Early
In August, 1862, this was tho disposition OF
tho Federal army: Nelson was at McMinn-
willie, Tenn. Crittenden and McCook were at
Battle Creek; Rousseau was on the Decatur
and Columbia railroad, and Thomas was on
tho Nashville and Chattanooga railroad.
They were thus scattered over . wide dis
trict.
And at this timo Bragg began